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Coloradoite from
Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Coloradoite
Formula:HgTe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Coloradoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:148917
Long-form Identifier:1:3:148917:0
GUID (UUID V4):0dbfd340-5261-43a6-8b50-cbe0ae231336
Nearest other occurrences of Coloradoite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Melones Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
2.7km (1.6 miles) Norwegian Mine, Tuttletown, Tuttletown Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) Jamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of native gold and electrum, the gold telluride calaverite may well be the most important gold ore mineral...Cripple Creek district, essentially subsequent to the development of all other Colorado gold districts.... Unlike most gold deposits, weathering of those characterized by relatively abundant telluride minerals...fine-grained and dull, mustard-colored secondary gold that is disbursed as tiny particles as the individual...most exciting gold occurrences are either dominated by or contain significant amounts of gold tellurides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
23:14 19 October 2014 Vindicator Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado I n terms of sheer volume...globe, they have striking similarities in their mining history and mineralogy, but their geology is seemingly...specimens of essentially massive gold tellurides associated with coarse native gold. Cripple Creek, on the other...that resemble cuneiform characters. Sylvanite is gold-silver telluride with the composition (Au,Ag)2Te4...published analyses commonly show minor variations in the gold and silver content, and the presence of such other
Report (issue)
5.265 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Robb-Montbray mine, Canada. 2.82 (100), 1.549 (60), 2.06 (50), 1.918... 81.30 99.92 102.0 100.00 (1) Stanislaus mine, California, USA; corresponding to (Ni0.99 Ag0.02 )Σ=1...)Σ=1.01 Te2.00 . (2) Strathcona mine, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Ni0.66 Pd0.24...hessite, calaverite, coloradoite, krennerite, tellurobismuthite, montbrayite, gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite...Distribution: In the USA, in California, from the Melones [TL] and Stanislaus mines, Carson Hill district, Calaveras
Report (issue)
., Prepared in cooperation with the California State Mining Bureau ..!' . ,(".1\\. lit ~.'..JI...Professional Paper 157 rfHE MOTHER LODE SYSTEM OF CALIFORNIA BY ADOLPH KNOPF 6-332 (February 1939) Prepared...Prepared in cooperation with the California State Mining Bureau Class,_ _ _ __ Book _____ GPO 16-50254-1...____________ Previous geologic studies of the district- _ _ ________________________________________..._____________________________________ Output of gold ___ • ________ ________ __ ______ ___ ___ _______
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. 3.02 (10), 2.09 (8), 2.20 (4), 2.93 (3), 1.758 (3)...100.30 99.75 100.00 (1) Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. (2) Kalgoorlie, Australia. (3) AuTe2 . Polymorphism...high-temperature deposits. Association: Altaite, coloradoite, krennerite, rickardite, other tellurides, pyrite...the USA, in California, at the Stanislaus [TL], Morgan, and Melones mines, Carson Hill district, Calaveras...Co.; at the Spotted Horse mine, Maiden, Fergus Co., and the Mayflower mine, Tobacco Root Mountains, Madison
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...Director DIVISION OF MINES WALTER W. BRADLEY State Mineralogist OIAF GEOLOGIC BFL^NCH Ferry Building...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE
Journal (issue)
Magazine Book Shop MAPS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA from the Lower California Guidebook by Gehard and Gulick....material in an area that was crossed by Anza, Kit Carson, the Mormon Battalion, '49ers, Railroad Survey...95. THE WEEKEND GOLD MINER by A. H. Ryan. An electronic physicist "bitten by the gold b u g , " the author...book for amateur prospectors telling where and how gold is found and how it is separated and tested, all...HUNTER by A. H. Ryan. A companion book to his Weekend Gold Miner, this volume is also concise and packed with
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Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Carson City, NV Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand...Promotions and Book Sales Gale Thomssen RO. Box 1656 Carson City, NV 89702 Desion Wendell E. Wilson Subscriptions...Place Tucson, AZ 85741 ‘ Continued on page 111 Gold! Introduction G old notes from the e d i t o r .............. by B. Birch 5 California The history of crystallized gold in C a lif o r n ia ...........otable gold occurrences of G eorgia & A labam a . . . . 65 by R. B. C ook N o rth C arolina gold .....
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...of Mines and Geology mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL...Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines and Geology Francisco
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF...RESOURCES DEWnT NELSON, DIVISION Director OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF San Francisco... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Avenue, 162600 Cherepovets, Russia Institute of Mining, Geology and Geotechnology, Siberian Federal University...locality, the Melones mine, at Carson Hill in the Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA (Genth...accessory constituent of the ore at the Robb-Montbray mine in northwestern Québec, Canada. Although melonite...[hs; Ag1.96Te1.04], submicrometric grains of coloradoite [clr; Hg0.94Te1.06] and molybdenite [mol; Mo0...of melonite from: Stanislaus mine, California, USA (Pemberton, 1983); Strathcona mine (Rucklidge, 1969)
Journal (issue)
Suite C Carson City, NV 89701 702-883-2598 Bookstore Marilee Chirila 1601 Fairview Dr., Suite C Carson City...of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M.
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ... VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY NEW YORK CINCINNATI TORONTO LONDON MELBOURNE* Copyright © 1983...1983 by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Library of Congress Catalog Card Inc. Number: 81-15963 ISBN: 0-442-27488-2...of America Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by... MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY ~ NEW...MELBOURNE ' Copyright© 1983 by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Library of Congress Catalog Caid Number: 81-15963...of America Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. L35 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020...Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Limited Molly Millars Lane Wokingham, Berkshire
Report (issue)
"Whatever is gold does not glitter. A gentle radiance belongs to the Friedrich Nietzsche, The Wanderer...5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff...photo Left: A wall of gold bricks in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's gold vault Photo Robert Gambee...Crystallized gold from Canada Private collection; Jeff Scovil photo extraLapis English No. 5 Gold The Noble...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Journal (volume)
OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT. Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY...State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1939 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER OF STATE...DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 70803 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS...DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL STAFF WALTER W. BRADLEY State Mineralogist Olaf...Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer
Report (issue)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO by ONTARIO jeparti^siit OF MINES f — ^ _^ R ^ - E APR -1 ^ I V £ D 1919 ... should read "The quicksilver mine.s of Colusa County are all located within the" etc. Digitized...http://www.archive.org/details/bulletin78cali CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO FLETCHER...No. 78 [May, 1918 Quicksilver Resources of California WITH A SECTION ON METALLURGY AND ORE-DRESSING...ORE-DRESSING By WALTER W. BRADLEY, E. M. CALIFORNIA STATE PKINTIXG OFFICE SACRAMENTO 19 18 88540 CONTENTS
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY...State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1940 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER OF STATE...DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 85005 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Of CALIFORNIA DAVIS...DAVIS ] DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL STAFF WALTER State W. BRADLEY M in era Jog 1st Olaf...A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. Jenkins, Chief Geologist McK. Laizure, District W. Burling
Report (issue)
Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States By A. H. KOSCHMANN and M. H. BERGENDAHL GEOLOGICAL...description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama ---------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee
Report (issue)
fvpplement to MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 Through 1957 California Division of Mines Supplement fo ...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 through 1957 By JOSEPh t^4Ara^ % University of California, Los Ange...WEBB University of California, Santa (Barbara with INDEX TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA ARRANGED BY COUNTIES...COLLINS California Division of Mines Supplement to Bulletin 173 California Division of Mines Ferry... DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES ^Vl^A-jAN CAMPBELL, Supplement to Q^ Chief :f-/">>i
Report (issue)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA Bulletin 156...OF MINES FERRY BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO r^ ^\ n^ p \/ THE PRO FILE COPYy THE TEXAS COMPANY \ ^...OFFICE LOS ANGELES / PLEASE RETURN STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN. Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. JENKINS. Chiei...11 AUGUST 156 1950 MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND
Book (edition)
OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...Average Hardness Soft minerals, such as galena or gold, are very difficult to polish without any scratches;...certain degree of bending, while some metals, such as gold, may be deformed into very thin sheets. The term...pyrite, and irregular late stage pore-fillings of gold (yellow). Right: Finely laminated iron oolith with...Mineral lamellar faint, red yes brown bright green gold-yellow, silver-white (Ag) to copper-red (Cu); 72
 
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